I think it’s fair to say my 6 year old is enjoying reading The BFG. We’ve been reading a couple of chapters every night and we both look forward to it. Last week we made Grobswitchy cake which was delicious. Today we made the drink Frobscottle, also from The BFG, the only drink available in Giant Country.
“It’s glummy!’ he cried ‘I love it!'”
We used lemonade, cream soda, drinking yoghurt, lime juice, kiwis and a fizzy Vitamin C tablet. So if you read that list of ingredients you would probably think the Frobscottle wasn’t going to taste good, but it really did!
First we peeled the kiwi fruit then liquidized them in our blender. We sieved what was left to remove the seeds and placed the juice in a jug, along with our freshly squeezed lime juice.
So far, so good.
We measured the lemonade, cream soda and drinking yoghurt and added them to the jug. The mixture was beginning to froth and bubble by this point and smelled delicious. Finally we added the effervescent tablet which made it fizz even more!
I poured it into a jar with a straw and both children loved it. I tried it too and despite appearances it did taste good. My 6 year old has demanded we make this again soon. Just look out for the Whizzpops!
You may also be interested in our other Roald Dahl posts:
The BFG’s Grobswitchy cake
Make an edible Mr Twits gingerbeard biscuit
15 crafts for celebrating Roald Dahl Day
George’s Marvellous Medicine mud kitchen activity
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-inspired chocolate play doughfollow
Roald Dahl stamps
BFG The Movie DVD (2012) review
Ahh! This is fantastic! What a great idea!
My girls both love the BFG book and I did as a child too x
What a lovely idea, making recipes to resemble dishes from childrens’ books! This one is very clever as it’s packed full of goodness too! It can be difficult to get children to eat healthy foods, but not when they think they’re eating something from their favourite book 🙂
This looks fantastic. Max dressed up as the BFG this year for world book day. I think he would love getting involved in making this. Fab post.
Wow green fizzy stuff! My kids would have loved this when they were younger. Also great way to get fruit in to little ones. Know I struggled when mine were little
This sounds amazing, I love cream soda added to drinks, I bet it would also make a great version of a coke float x
What a great idea – the drink is such a fab colour! My lot would love to try it 🙂 Kaz x
I make a smoothie or two everyday! Avo, spinach, banana, ginger, tomato, apple, pepper… just some of the stuff I put in it. 🙂
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Such an interesting use of literature and creative foods! X
I don’t think I have heard about BFG before but do love the sound of this recipe. I love kiwi fruit so can imagine this to be a perfect drink for bbq’s. Thanks for sharing